Aeschylus Quotes

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

Aeschylus

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Aeschylus

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Aeschylus

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Aeschylus

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

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God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

Aeschylus

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

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Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!

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Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

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I would far rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evil.

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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

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Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.

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